Rock Bottom Podcast : "Suburbs, Sarcasm & Shenanigans" - If You Can't Take The Heat, Go Back And Get Another "Pumpkin Spice Latte"
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Rock Bottom Podcast : "Suburbs, Sarcasm & Shenanigans" - If You Can't Take The Heat, Go Back And Get Another "Pumpkin Spice Latte"
The Funding Freeze: Rock Bottom's Fight for Football | Students First Always? Right?
Fed up with budget excuses while student athletes suffer? You're not alone. DJ ESG unleashes a no-holds-barred critique of the Council Rock School District's priorities that will have you nodding in agreement or squirming uncomfortably—depending on which side of the budget line you stand.
The district just hit homeowners with a 2.64% tax increase while football programs operate with equipment that belongs in a museum. Players are suiting up in padding that resembles "a couch from the 70s" and practicing on fields that look like they've "hosted a monster truck rally." Meanwhile, the administrative buildings are slated for millions in renovations with not a single mention of athletic facilities in the capital improvement plans.
This isn't just about win-loss records—though Council Rock North's 1-9 season certainly underscores the problem. It's about what message we're sending to young athletes who show up every day, grinding it out with subpar resources. As DJ ESG powerfully puts it, "Football builds community. It teaches discipline, drive and how to show up when you're dead, tired and doubted." Yet the district seems content to let these programs run "on fumes and fundraisers."
Remember standouts like Brandon McIlvain and Justin Pugh? The district could be developing more exceptional talent with proper investment in coaches, equipment, and facilities. Listen to this raw, unfiltered call for educational leaders to put their money where their values should be. Because as DJ ESG reminds us, "You can't win on game day if the game plan is written in excuses."
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What's up guys? Dj ESG and today's episode on the Rock Bottom Podcast. Any given budget cut the extended locker room speech edition. Welcome back to RBP. Oh my God, I'm going to shorten it now. Rbp Sort of sounds like ESG, but a little bit different.
Speaker 0:I don't like that at all. The Rock Bottom Podcast, where the only thing colder than the weight room at Council Rock North is the district's willingness to fund it. That's what I call high quality h2o. Quote unquote. Bobby boucher, you know what's not high quality? The equipment our football team's using. See more padding on a couch from the 70s. These kids are suiting up like they're in a deleted scene from the longest yard, and not the remake. I'm talking about the 1974 version, where shoulder pads look like cafeteria trays.
Speaker 0:Let's break this down. The council rock school district just served up a nice warm 2.64 tax increase. That's 166 extraa year for the average homeowner. Some of that money's headed towards full-day kindergarten, some to staffing and the rest, who knows? Maybe another feng shui reconfiguration at the chancellor center so the energy in the conference room flows better during all the budget cuts. Oh my god, they make it so easy for me. We play like a bunch of damn fools. Quote unquote. Remember the titans speaking of energy flow? How's the hvac system at the chancellor center? According to the district, which I found out today, it's on life support. We're talking like, like I said the other day, $6 to $16 million in repairs, hvac, structural issues, water damage. In other words, it's like Al Bundy's high school dreams broken and full of mildew.
Speaker 0:Peg, bring me a beer. Okay, honey, I'm right on. It Slams door. Let me tell you something about football. I scored four touchdowns in one game, paul Kai. Quote something about football. I scored four touchdowns in one game, paul kai. Quote unquote bondy bondy.
Speaker 0:Meanwhile, over at council rock north, the football team wrapped up a one in nine season. The one w came from a 13 to 16 squeaker over harry s truman high. That ain't rooting material. But those kids fought their hearts out. South, they hit four to six and knocked out north 28 to six, like it was their replacements. And conor reeves just called the audible for his life run, baby, run.
Speaker 0:Pain heals chicks, dick scars. Glory lasts forever. Quote unquote. But glory doesn't last when the gear you're using is older than the assistant principal's comb over. These kids are doing deadlifts in a dungeon. That makes little giants equipment look state-of-the-art ice box intimidation. That's how you win a football game. Quote unquote Rick Moranis you know what's intimidating?
Speaker 0:Trying to tackle someone on a field so beat up. It looks like it hosted a monster truck rally. You ever tried to juke on grass patches with potholes and geese? It's not football, it's a commercial for John Deere's new four-wheel drive. Put me in, coach. I'm ready to play Somewhere between Field unnecessary roughness with a possibility of a John Fogerty song. And don't get me started on the coaching budget. These kids need a strength and conditioning staff, a video analysis team, a nutrition plan, not coach Bob from chemistry wing with a whistle from Dick's sporting goods. It's now called Dick'scom.
Speaker 0:We're out here trying to build a program in a district like just go ahead and run Oklahoma drills behind the loading dock. It might work for Peyton, but it's not working for cr. Blow the fucking whistle. My spleen is hanging out. Now, to be clear, this isn't about the kids these athletes are showing up grinding, representing. They're giving 110 with 60 of what they need. This is all about the suits, the folks sipping filtered air in the chancellor center while dodging direct eye contact with the booster clubs. You want to inspire. You got to invest in it, because right now these football programs are running on fumes and fucking fundraisers. You're not even a has been. You're a never was. Let's talk real money.
Speaker 0:The district just published a capital improvements RFP for professional services, design, construction, admin, project management. That's architect speak. For we're about to drop a lot of fucking money on stuff that ain't helmets, cleats or blocking sleds. I looked for the words football or athletics in the document. You know what I found? A capital N-O-T-H-I-N-G Nothing.
Speaker 0:Football is 80% mental, the other half is physical and we wonder why we haven't had a D1 pipeline since Brandon McIlvain. That dude had NFL potential. Let me spell it out. A decent football program just doesn't happen. You need facilities, training, medical support, marketing, recruiting conditions and a little damn pride. Instead we've got a five-year capital plan with everything but turf.
Speaker 0:Football is culture. It builds community. It teaches discipline, drive and how to show up when you're dead, tired and doubted. But the district's acting like we've just played two-hand touch at recess. This ain't no dead poet society, coach, something we wish a kid would yell at the board. We're going to play with our hearts, our souls and maybe a little duct tape.
Speaker 0:Council Rock, if you're listening, don't tell me there's no money for football. Tell me you just don't want to spend it on these kids. And be real about coach, your hype man and your budget watchdog. Remember you can't win on game day if the game plan is written in excuses. Peace out and, for God's sakes, fund the damn team. Oh, and one more thing about Brandon McIlvain. That motherfucker was good, real fucking good, but other than 1995. And Mike Erlandson, you tell me one other person that was better. That's the best guy we've had in 25 fucking years, the best fucking dude. We should have a lot more Brandon McIlvains out there in this school district. I'm telling you we should have more. Invest coaches, equipment, fields, get these fucking kids what they need to succeed. And for all those people who just had an aha moment because I just fucking name-dropped Mike Erlandson, I'm gonna name-drop somebody else for you too. Remember Justin Pugh. We should have a lot more Justin P.
